Index
399
Rhapta, 79, 80, 152
Richards, M., 5
Ritua pa, 364
Roberton, J.B.W., 308
Roberts, Vic, 84
Robins, J., 6, 26, 45
Robinson, Samuel Timoti, 288, 296
Rongomaiwhenua, 358
Rongorongo, 313
Rongo-ua-roa, 319
Rose, Phil, 94
Route to Japan via Micronesia
lies within the WPWP, 90
Routledge, Katherine, 274
Ruatapu, 323, 324
Rutherford, John, 185, 230
S
Sabah, 50
Sacred banyan tree, 289
Sacred linden tree cult, 289
Sahul, 4, 32, 41, 46, 287
Sailing raft, 57
depicted at Borobudur, 76
high drag coefficient, 57
Sailing strategy of following fast warm
currents over long distances, 56
Salmond, Anne, 207
Savage, Stephen, 314
Scarification, 54, 55
Schmidt, Matthew, 256
Second wave colony in southern Japan, 94
Second wave explorers, 168
Second wave introductions of American plants
to India, 139
Selective pressures, 32
See also Cold adaptation;
Famine-resistance
Sepik/Ramu area of New Guinea, 51
Sequence of fortifications, 244
Settled hunter/gatherers, 185
Sewn-plank boat technology, 107
Shakespeare, 330
Shand, Alexander, 293, 358, 359
Significant founder population, 127
Simmons, David, 305, 306
Simmons’ deconstructionist approach, 306
Single-outrigger, 56
Single-piece curved shell fishhooks
in Chile, 110
evidence for technological diffusion before
1000 BC, 105
Sitting to standing height indices, 28
Six hundred year hiatus during the global cold
period, 137
Size of the Lapita sites, 125
Skeletal data, 376
The Sky-Propper, 294
Sky-Propper, 297
Slash and burn horticulture, 190
Slow Boat to the Bismarcks, 18, 19
Voyaging Corridor Triple I, 19, 20
Smith, S. Percy, 256, 264, 305, 348, 378
Snaring the sun, 287
Soares, P., 22, 61
Social and cultural stability, 281
Society Islands, 162
Solheim, Wilhelm, 62
Soodyall, H., 74
The sorcerer Kahano-a-newa
associated with a solar eclipse, 333
Sorenson, John, 131, 140, 376
Southern Oscillation, 327
Specializations in canoe design, 158
A spectrum of survival possibilities, 241
Speculative prehistories for the Lapita peoples
Bismarck indigenous inhabitants, 20
concept of a neolithic expansion, 19
express train to Polynesia, 18, 24
linguistic evidence, 19
out of Taiwan model, 18
Spice Island colony in the Sepik/Ramu area,
151
Spice Islanders’ readiness to seize
opportunities, 129
Spice Island involvement with obsidian
sources, 45
Spice Island maritime history
comparison with Nusantao regional history,
62
Spice Island migration history, 68
Spice Islands, 44
as base for expansion, 7
as a centre for cultural diffusion, 22
as a centre for plant and animal
domestication, 27
definition, 4
within or close to the southern boundary of
the WPWP, 41
Spice Island trading colonies, 154
Spice trading, 41, 151
Spice-trading impetus
for settling Madagascar, 153
Sporer Minimum, 323
Starvation in the south of the North Island, 227
399
Rhapta, 79, 80, 152
Richards, M., 5
Ritua pa, 364
Roberton, J.B.W., 308
Roberts, Vic, 84
Robins, J., 6, 26, 45
Robinson, Samuel Timoti, 288, 296
Rongomaiwhenua, 358
Rongorongo, 313
Rongo-ua-roa, 319
Rose, Phil, 94
Route to Japan via Micronesia
lies within the WPWP, 90
Routledge, Katherine, 274
Ruatapu, 323, 324
Rutherford, John, 185, 230
S
Sabah, 50
Sacred banyan tree, 289
Sacred linden tree cult, 289
Sahul, 4, 32, 41, 46, 287
Sailing raft, 57
depicted at Borobudur, 76
high drag coefficient, 57
Sailing strategy of following fast warm
currents over long distances, 56
Salmond, Anne, 207
Savage, Stephen, 314
Scarification, 54, 55
Schmidt, Matthew, 256
Second wave colony in southern Japan, 94
Second wave explorers, 168
Second wave introductions of American plants
to India, 139
Selective pressures, 32
See also Cold adaptation;
Famine-resistance
Sepik/Ramu area of New Guinea, 51
Sequence of fortifications, 244
Settled hunter/gatherers, 185
Sewn-plank boat technology, 107
Shakespeare, 330
Shand, Alexander, 293, 358, 359
Significant founder population, 127
Simmons, David, 305, 306
Simmons’ deconstructionist approach, 306
Single-outrigger, 56
Single-piece curved shell fishhooks
in Chile, 110
evidence for technological diffusion before
1000 BC, 105
Sitting to standing height indices, 28
Six hundred year hiatus during the global cold
period, 137
Size of the Lapita sites, 125
Skeletal data, 376
The Sky-Propper, 294
Sky-Propper, 297
Slash and burn horticulture, 190
Slow Boat to the Bismarcks, 18, 19
Voyaging Corridor Triple I, 19, 20
Smith, S. Percy, 256, 264, 305, 348, 378
Snaring the sun, 287
Soares, P., 22, 61
Social and cultural stability, 281
Society Islands, 162
Solheim, Wilhelm, 62
Soodyall, H., 74
The sorcerer Kahano-a-newa
associated with a solar eclipse, 333
Sorenson, John, 131, 140, 376
Southern Oscillation, 327
Specializations in canoe design, 158
A spectrum of survival possibilities, 241
Speculative prehistories for the Lapita peoples
Bismarck indigenous inhabitants, 20
concept of a neolithic expansion, 19
express train to Polynesia, 18, 24
linguistic evidence, 19
out of Taiwan model, 18
Spice Island colony in the Sepik/Ramu area,
151
Spice Islanders’ readiness to seize
opportunities, 129
Spice Island involvement with obsidian
sources, 45
Spice Island maritime history
comparison with Nusantao regional history,
62
Spice Island migration history, 68
Spice Islands, 44
as base for expansion, 7
as a centre for cultural diffusion, 22
as a centre for plant and animal
domestication, 27
definition, 4
within or close to the southern boundary of
the WPWP, 41
Spice Island trading colonies, 154
Spice trading, 41, 151
Spice-trading impetus
for settling Madagascar, 153
Sporer Minimum, 323
Starvation in the south of the North Island, 227